Check out Gizmodo’s take on my GH2 / 5D Mark III comparison video Here’s a quick guide to the things I’ve found useful with my 5D Mark III video shoots so far.
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Buy it now – your early GH2 from EOSHD, delivery 3-5 days Akihabara News in Tokyo reports that the GH2 has uncompressed RAW video-out via HDMI. UPDATE #1 Philip Bloom tests and confirms clean HDMI output. Uncompressed? Let’s wait and see what the image is like from his external recorder. Check here for his latest updates.
Above: Anamorphic frame of Apocalypse Now in 2.35:1 HD on Blu Ray Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is to be released on Blu Ray in the original anamorphic format with which it was shot. Shot with anamorphic lenses and transferred to 70mm for the theatrical release then came the heart breaking decision to severely crop the film for the standard 4:3 TV and video cassettes of the time, loosing 40%…
Footage from the iPhone 4’s HD video mode with Nikon AI lenses has been posted on Vimeo along with an iPhone app which enables new video mode functionality previously unavailable, and can offer manual focus & exposure.
Lots of rumours are hitting the net ahead of the expected ‘2 waves’ of announcements from Canon next month and in August. One of the cameras constantly mooted is a 60D. But I see a problem with this and something profound has been missed.
UPDATE: The Sony A55 has now been announced and a review is out. It is very disappointing in terms of the video mode EOSHD has been made aware of an innovative step in DSLR video by Sony. Read more on the Sony Pellix HDSLRs here UPDATE. Specs are now revealed: 1) A55 16MP 10FPS EVF-1.44M 1.1X magnification 95% AVCHD full HD 2) A33 14MP 7FPS EVF-1.44M 1.1X magnification 95% AVCHD…
I’ve rounded up some juicy quotes from Panasonic’s broadcast / pro division product manager which you may find interesting. “This camera (the AF100) delivers an uncompressed HD output, if you want to by pass the AVCCAM codec, you may” That’s good news to say the least. This means you can record uncompressed RAW 1080p on Nanoflash via HD-SDI. The biggest gains in HDSLR video is not going to be from…